Senate roll call 623 · 27th Congress · Aug 20, 1842
To retain that part of the first article of the treaty with great britian which describes in detail the boundaries, near the ST. Lawrence river, between the uni
On Aug 20, 1842, the Senate voted 38–11 (S 13). Result: passed. By party: Others 30–0, Democrats 8–11. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Aug 20, 1842
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others30 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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